One place food trucks will not be expanding to is near brick and mortar restaurants.

“We want to make sure they don’t interfere with those locations, but at the same time that the people who are in the area where restaurants aren’t located, that they have quality food as well,” Pugh says.

And that quality covers a wide variety of styles and flavors, rolling food up to doors downtown and now around town.

“It’s convenient,” says customer Bronwind Turner. “You can just run out from your job, especially if you work close, and just grab something.”

So while its good for food truck owners’ bottom lines, it may not always be great for customers’ waistlines.

A total of 10 new food truck zones have been established, and all trucks must pass inspection by the city’s health department.

Alex DeMetrick has been a general assignment reporter with WJZ Eyewitness News since September 1984.
Alex began his journalism career in California.
Alex has received many awards from United Press International and The Associated Press. He...